What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[gamalot]

My last package arrived yesterday. 

Amphenol conformable RF cable,  10 Vishay film capacitors, Adafruit T-Cobbler GPIO breakout adaptor, 2 Raspberry Pi's, and Google AIY voice kit.

[thm_w]

Replaced my 'Nicad' generation Hitachi cordless drill with a Makita Drill Driver (and angle grinder coming in a promo). For Aussies - watch the Bunnings version it includes a lower spec driver! $649 btw

Why did I wait so long  Awesome amount of power now what to screw or drill first.

Think that is about the pre EOFY Tax time $ spent 

5Ah pack is huge capacity, surprised it came with that.

[GreyWoolfe]

This NAD 310 arrived yesterday. It is intended to be a back up for the amplifier in my living room computer/TV setup, but here it is in my small bedroom system to test it out. I had a Sherwood receiver in this system before, so I had to take the Denon tuner out of storage for testing. I may leave it this way for now.

NICE!!! 

[GreyWoolfe]

That's the thing with the actions, you get the item itself for a decent price but when you add auction fees and taxes then shipping it can get to eye watering numbers quite fast!
It's hard to stop when you start bidding up. I always think …. right..... when it gets to X amount i'll give out but always end up going over at least a little bit.
Enjoy your new toy! 

I do not give in to the temptation of 'just one more bid'  It even surprises SWMBO at my self control.  I buy the occasional diecast car off of evilBay for my collection and I have lost a bid for pennies because I do set a hard limit so I don't get caught up in the 'just one more bid' syndrome and end up paying more than what it is worth.  On TME, I look for stuff with a make offer button.  If my offer is accepted, great.  If the counter offer is acceptable, great.  Otherwise, I walk away to buy another day.

Thats great and amazing self control, but sometimes I have been waiting for so long to find something and I mean a long time, that I really don't want to wait that long again if there is a slight chance that a small tweak to my bid could win it. In other words, I don't have your self control, I get a bit impatient and just go for it until it gets to a point beyond which I just don't go. Hmm thinking about it, I do have your control then, just that I set myself an ideal figure that I want to pay and a maximum if pushed.

In my youth, I was the buzzard in the picture that said, patience my @ss, I'm gonna kill something.  Now that I am a greybeard, I am like the old bull.  When the young bull says lets run down and screw us a cow, the old bull says, let's walk down and screw them all. 

And take your good time while doing it too ! 

Because if it is worth doing, it is worth taking your time and doing it right, as Mrs GreyWoolfe will attest to.

[beanflying]

5Ah pack is huge capacity, surprised it came with that.

It is sort of above the home user range more in their lower end Tradie one. They do run 6Ah as well but based on some internerd ramblings they have less punch.

[Cubdriver]

This NAD 310 arrived yesterday. It is intended to be a back up for the amplifier in my living room computer/TV setup, but here it is in my small bedroom system to test it out. I had a Sherwood receiver in this system before, so I had to take the Denon tuner out of storage for testing. I may leave it this way for now.

I used to have one of those Rat Shack equalizers back in the 80s.  Eventually it lost a channel, and while I poked and prodded at it a bit, I never really dug into it, and it eventually got tossed during a cleaning binge.  Shame I didn't keep it; I'd certainly be able to fix it these days.

-Pat

[bitseeker]

I know the feeling, Pat. I occasionally think back to past things that I no longer have and probably could've fixed since. Ah, well.

[Terry01]

That's the thing with the actions, you get the item itself for a decent price but when you add auction fees and taxes then shipping it can get to eye watering numbers quite fast!
It's hard to stop when you start bidding up. I always think …. right..... when it gets to X amount i'll give out but always end up going over at least a little bit.
Enjoy your new toy! 

I do not give in to the temptation of 'just one more bid'  It even surprises SWMBO at my self control.  I buy the occasional diecast car off of evilBay for my collection and I have lost a bid for pennies because I do set a hard limit so I don't get caught up in the 'just one more bid' syndrome and end up paying more than what it is worth.  On TME, I look for stuff with a make offer button.  If my offer is accepted, great.  If the counter offer is acceptable, great.  Otherwise, I walk away to buy another day.

Thats great and amazing self control, but sometimes I have been waiting for so long to find something and I mean a long time, that I really don't want to wait that long again if there is a slight chance that a small tweak to my bid could win it. In other words, I don't have your self control, I get a bit impatient and just go for it until it gets to a point beyond which I just don't go. Hmm thinking about it, I do have your control then, just that I set myself an ideal figure that I want to pay and a maximum if pushed.

In my youth, I was the buzzard in the picture that said, patience my @ss, I'm gonna kill something.  Now that I am a greybeard, I am like the old bull.  When the young bull says lets run down and screw us a cow, the old bull says, let's walk down and screw them all. 

And take your good time while doing it too ! 

Because if it is worth doing, it is worth taking your time and doing it right, as Mrs GreyWoolfe will attest to.

Where on earth did you see that picture with the buzzard GreyWoolfe? Kinda spooky!

[rdl]

Where on earth did you see that picture with the buzzard GreyWoolfe? Kinda spooky!

Must be an American thing. I'm sure I remember seeing it since high school age back in the 70s.

https://www.google.com/search?&q=buzzard+patience+my+ass

[GreyWoolfe]

Where on earth did you see that picture with the buzzard GreyWoolfe? Kinda spooky!

Many moons ago.  As rdl said, back in high school in the early 70's.  That makes me an official graybeard.  I even get old folks discounts at restaurants.   Maybe it is time for a graybeard emoji.

[Terry01]

Where on earth did you see that picture with the buzzard GreyWoolfe? Kinda spooky!

Many moons ago.  As rdl said, back in high school in the early 70's.  That makes me an official graybeard.  I even get old folks discounts at restaurants.   Maybe it is time for a graybeard emoji.

LOL I have the same tattoo surrounded with those exact words on the top of my right arm! How spooky is that? 

[rdl]

I used to have one of those Rat Shack equalizers back in the 80s.  Eventually it lost a channel, and while I poked and prodded at it a bit, I never really dug into it, and it eventually got tossed during a cleaning binge.  Shame I didn't keep it; I'd certainly be able to fix it these days.

I bought mine used sometime around 1990 for $20 from a guy that worked in the local video rental shop. I have to confess, I've never used it as an equalizer. I just connect to the inputs so I can have the bouncing light display.

I've thrown away lots of stuff I probably should have kept, but since I live in an apartment there's limits because of available space. Even now I have two big A/V receivers from the 80s and at least two DVD players out in the balcony closet. How they have survived the last few clean outs I have no idea.

[GreyWoolfe]

Where on earth did you see that picture with the buzzard GreyWoolfe? Kinda spooky!

Many moons ago.  As rdl said, back in high school in the early 70's.  That makes me an official graybeard.  I even get old folks discounts at restaurants.   Maybe it is time for a graybeard emoji.

LOL I have the same tattoo surrounded with those exact words on the top of my right arm! How spooky is that? 

To go along with my namesake, I have a pair of Canis Lupus tattooed on my chest with the word devotion under them for Mrs GreyWoolfe and I.

[GerryBags]

I just received a brand new, still sealed, Analog devices AD5392 eval board for a tenner plu shipping. It's a 8/16 channel 14-bit DAC which will come in handy. It's a replacement for what the seller couldn't find, the AD7796 16-bit delta-sigma ADC for bridges and sensors (123 Hz max update rate) which would have been more immediately useful. Oh well.

[lordvader88]

20A 2000W AUTOTRANSFORMER

I put that off a while, but at least it's (shipped)from Canada so it will be here next week

[Terry01]

Where on earth did you see that picture with the buzzard GreyWoolfe? Kinda spooky!

Many moons ago.  As rdl said, back in high school in the early 70's.  That makes me an official graybeard.  I even get old folks discounts at restaurants.   Maybe it is time for a graybeard emoji.

LOL I have the same tattoo surrounded with those exact words on the top of my right arm! How spooky is that? 

To go along with my namesake, I have a pair of Canis Lupus tattooed on my chest with the word devotion under them for Mrs GreyWoolfe and I.

 

[rdl]

One of these First Aid kits showed up today. Always need to be prepared and I had nothing but a box of band-aids with all the good sizes used up. On sale only $15:

https://www.amazon.com/First-Aid-Only-All-purpose-299-Piece/dp/B074VGZ7SS/

Of course, I had to add a couple more items for free shipping. This was one of them (also on sale):

https://www.amazon.com/Weber-6492-Original-Instant-Read-Thermometer/dp/B009IH0BZ0/

The other was a pair of socks.

[JaspaJami]

Curious, where did you get that handwoven rag mat that's underneath that stack ?

I don't really remember. I know I got it around 1994-95, so it was probably Target. That was where I usually shopped back then.

Thanks.
I asked 'cause it's very similar to what my parents made for tourists when we did farm tours back in 80's and we had a handcraft shop to help further relieve them of some $. 

In finland you can find this kind of rag mats from allmost all the houses. i think we have maybe 10-15 of those (we also have that wood thing that you use for making those). Really traditional at Finland.

[tautech]

Curious, where did you get that handwoven rag mat that's underneath that stack ?

I don't really remember. I know I got it around 1994-95, so it was probably Target. That was where I usually shopped back then.

Thanks.
I asked 'cause it's very similar to what my parents made for tourists when we did farm tours back in 80's and we had a handcraft shop to help further relieve them of some $. 

In finland you can find this kind of rag mats from allmost all the houses. i think we have maybe 10-15 of those (we also have that wood thing that you use for making those). Really traditional at Finland.

Yeah my Ma was right into handcrafts and had a couple of weaving looms on which she made all sorts of mats, rugs and cloth. Rag mats had string warp and are very tough wearing. I have no idea where she got her inspiration from to start making them.

[bitseeker]

20A 2000W AUTOTRANSFORMER

That's a whopper! The inrush on it must be exciting.

[Specmaster]

I brought a USB hard drive caddy to house the 2TB drive I extracted a Sky + box which I had intended to use as in internal drive but Windows 10 does not like there but I works perfectly as a USB drive, so thats what's it going to be once the caddy arrives.

[tautech]

New gummies/wellies a couple of days back at our NZ National Ag field days.
https://fieldays.co.nz/



A member or two that visit from time to time will know why.........man it's wet and muddy here. 

[bitseeker]

Oh, I just figured you were playing with high voltages.

[beanflying]

New gummies/wellies a couple of days back at our NZ National Ag field days.
https://fieldays.co.nz/

A member or two that visit from time to time will know why.........man it's wet and muddy here. 

No No I won't make Sheep, Velcro glove and Gumboot NZ jokes 

[ggchab]

Scanaquad from Ikalogic.
I replaced the original cables by silicon wires and Hantek hooks